Yekaterina Lisina facts for kids
Yekaterina Lisina in 2012
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| Born | 15 October 1987 Penza, Penza Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
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| Nationality | Russian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 212 lb (96 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pro career | 2006–2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2006–2009 | WBC CSKA Moscow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Good Angels Košice | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | WBC Spartak Moscow Region | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Dynamo Kursk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yekaterina Viktorovna Lisina (Russian: Екатерина Викторовна Лисина; born 15 October 1987), also known as Ekaterina Lisina, is a Russian model and former basketball player. She currently holds a Guinness World Record as the tallest professional model. Throughout her basketball career, she competed for the Russian National Team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze medal.
World record holder
Lisina held two world records: the record for the woman with the longest legs 1.32 m (4 ft 4 in) and for the tallest professional model 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in), both noted in the Guinness World Records 2018. She also has been officially recognized as having the largest feet (EU 45 or US 12) as a woman in Russia. In October 2020, the world record for woman with the longest legs (over 1.34 m) went to US teenager, Maci Currin.
Personal life
Lisina is fond of reading and singing karaoke. She easily communicates on the Internet and loves to take pictures. Lisina used to embroider paintings.
She is a follower of Hinduism and became a vegetarian after she converted.
On January 24, 2011, Ekaterina Lisina gave birth to her son.
In 2013, she starred in the video of the USB group "Two Meters of Love".
See also
In Spanish: Yekaterina Lísina para niños
